Radiator-assembling device.



E. K. F. STREIGHERT. I RADIATOR ASSEMBLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILEDJAN. 14, 1914.

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RADIATOR-ASSEMBLIN Gr DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914:-

Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No. 812,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL K. F. STREI- oHnRT, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and Stateof Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRadiator-Assembling Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

In assembling radiators that are built up of series of plates arrangedto form a cellir lar cooling section in which the transverse walls ofthe several sections are alined in a completed structure so as to form asubstantially continuous fin from side toside of the radiator or areotherwise arranged in definite relation, it is desirable to so disposethe parts, where the contour of the radiator is other than rectangular,in such manner as to avoid cutting the margins of the assembled cellularsection or otherwise trimming it for mounting in the exterior frame.

The invention relates to an assembling frame for securing the coolingsection of a radiator and holding it while it is being soldered orbrazed, the frame being sodisposed as to permit of the formation of asection of any outline desired while at the same time the tube formingplates are maintained in proper alinement. v

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, partially broken away, of a.frame that erabodies features of the invention; Fi g. 2 is a view indetail of one section thereof showing the method of its operation: Fig.:3 is a view in detail of a form of radiator section that may be held bythe frame; and Fig. 4c is a view showing a variation of the frame wherea slightly inclined side is required in the completed radiator.

The device is herein shown in condition for use with a cellular sectionhaving rectangular openings, the cells of which are formed by platesfolded on themselves as indicated in Fig. 8, and off-set at their endsas indicated in Fig. 2 to roduce the desired upright water passages sown by the space indicated at 1. The frame itself consists of two partsone having a side member 2, an inwardly extending bottom member 3 and atop member 4, suitable dowel pins 5 extending from the extremities ofthe members 3 ands: and entering guide sockets in the companion members6 and 7 of the mating part, such members being joined by the end member8 Or other guiding means may be used. Spacing blocks 9 are included inthe frame and have serrated margins whose strips correspond in height tothe height of the cells of a radiator tube such as indicated at 10. Orthe steps of the serrated edges may be multiples in height of this cellheight as indicated in Fig. t where it is desired to produce a slightlyinclined margin. The steps are equal in width to the width of the tube10. The frame itself is narrower than the cooling section if it isdesired to clamp it so that the marginal portions 11 of the latterproject a suflicient distance to be readily dipped for soldering ormanipulated for brazing.

In use the frame is put together loosely and the radiator built up byinserting the requisite number of tubes to obtain the section, the tubesbeing cut to length and filling the frame completely. By pressing theframe together and clamping it there by any suitable means the built upsection is readily handled for soldering or brazing. As a result oftheuse of the frame the contour of the cellular portion of the radiator isobtained without cutting away any portion thereof after it has beensoldered, thus saving material and labor and at the same time producinga cooling section that is more regular in outline than can be obtainedby the usual method. The frame also constitutes a ready means forcarrying and holding the section during the soldering andv brazingprocess. The frame is also available for holding the parts of thecellular section together, of a radiator that is formed of tubes orwater circulating members of other design than those herein illustrated,by appropriate arrangement of the serrated margins. v I

Obviously, changes in the details ofconstruction may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention and I do not care to limitmyself to any particular form or arrangement of parts as set forth ingarranged to hold the elements of an as in the appended claim. sembledradiator section in alinement. 10 What I claim is In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature An assembling frame for automobile cool in presenceof two Witnesses.

ing sections comprising oppositely disposed EMIL K. F. STREICHERT.

parts having serrated inner margins and lVitnesses:

guiding means for maintaining the parts in ANNA M. Donn,

alinement, the serrations of the margins be- C. R. STIOKNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

